21st Annual Chicago Open

The 21st Annual Chicago Open is underway at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel. The event runs from 24-28 May and the prize fund is a guaranteed $100,000.

Several Chess.com members are taking part, including David Pruess and Danny Rensch.

The event has 9 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300, Under 1100 and Under 900.

The Open Section is a 9 round Swiss tournament with GM and IM norm opportunities, played over a 5-day schedule from May 24-28. The time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes to a finish with an increment of 30 seconds.

More information is available at the official website, including live game broadcasts here, and completed games for replay here.

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The standings in the Open after 2 rounds, and draw for the third round:

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Name

Rtng

Rd 1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Pts

1

GM Gabriel Sargissian

2679

W50

W32

~11

2.0

2

GM Ivan Ivanisevic

2655

W70

W31

~8

2.0

3

GM Robert L Hess

2635

W51

W34

~13

2.0

4

GM Varuzhan Akobian

2625

W52

W33

~9

2.0

5

GM Tamaz Gelashvili

2600

W71

W38

~14

2.0

6

GM Giorgi Kacheishvili

2598

W53

W35

~10

2.0

7

GM Alejandro Ramirez

2593

X79

W39

~15

2.0

8

GM Milos Perunovic

2577

X80

W40

~2

2.0

9

GM Yury Shulman

2571

W54

W42

~4

2.0

10

GM Alexander Shabalov

2534

X81

W45

~6

2.0

11

GM Victor Mikhalevski

2519

W55

W41

~1

2.0

12

GM Nikola Mitkov

2518

X82

W47

~—

2.0

13

GM Joshua E Friedel

2499

W83

W44

~3

2.0

14

GM Benjamin Finegold

2494

W58

W46

~5

2.0

15

IM Nikoloz Managadze

2472

W60

W48

~7

2.0

16

IM Daniel J Ludwig

2456

W61

W56

~17

2.0

17

GM Michael Adams

2728

D24

W68

~16

1.5

18

IM Conrad Holt

2515

W57

D23

~25

1.5

19

GM Mikheil Kekelidze

2494

W84

D26

~23

1.5

20

IM Darwin Yang

2476

D59

W72

~26

1.5

21

IM Michael A Mulyar

2408

D63

W73

~27

1.5

22

FM Teddy Coleman

2407

D64

W75

~24

1.5

23

FM Seth Homa

2303

W95

D18

~19

1.5

24

FM Kayden W Troff

2276

D17

W77

~22

1.5

25

Atulya Ary Shetty

2219

D28

W78

~18

1.5

26

Benjamin Coraretti

2066

W37

D19

~20

1.5

27

Dante Zuniga

unr.

H—

W69

~21

1.5

28

GM Eugene Perelshteyn

2526

D25

H—

~48

1.0

29

GM Mesgen Amanov

2518

L56

W86

~53

1.0

30

GM Dmitry Gurevich

2471

D73

D59

~50

1.0

31

IM Eric Hansen

2454

W85

L2

~51

1.0

32

IM John Bartholomew

2445

W86

L1

~52

1.0

33

IM Raja Panjwani

2416

W74

L4

~49

1.0

34

IM Justin Sarkar

2411

W87

L3

~55

1.0

35

FM Farai Mandizha

2406

W88

L6

~54

1.0

36

IM Zhanibek Amanov

2401

D65

D64

~56

1.0

37

IM Florin Felecan

2399

L26

W85

~57

1.0

38

IM Daniel M Rensch

2396

W89

L5

~58

1.0

39

IM David Pruess

2390

W90

L7

~59

1.0

40

IM Ronald Burnett

2360

W76

L8

~60

1.0

41

FM Eric S Rosen

2353

W91

L11

~62

1.0

42

FM Kazim Gulamali

2346

W92

L9

~61

1.0

43

FM Alexan Kretchetov

2339

H—

D63

~66

1.0

44

IM Angelo Young

2338

W66

L13

~63

1.0

45

FM Kassa Korley

2334

W93

L10

~64

1.0

46

WGM Tatev Abrahamyan

2329

W94

L14

~65

1.0

47

FM Robby Adamson

2322

W67

L12

~68

1.0

48

FM Aung T Zin

2299

W96

L15

~28

1.0

49

IM Vishnuvardh Arjun

2296

D78

D65

~33

1.0

50

Bradley J Denton

2267

L1

W87

~30

1.0

51

FM Miles F Ardaman

2252

L3

W89

~31

1.0

52

Konstantinos Stoumbos

2249

L4

W88

~32

1.0

53

FM Alisa Melekhina

2242

L6

W90

~29

1.0

54

WIM Viktorija Ni

2228

L9

W92

~35

1.0

55

Sean Vibbert

2214

L11

W91

~34

1.0

56

Christopher Wu

2204

W29

L16

~36

1.0

57

James A Black Jr

2201

L18

W93

~37

1.0

58

Justus D Williams

2189

L14

W94

~38

1.0

59

FM Jeffery Xiong

2180

D20

D30

~39

1.0

60

Gopal Menon

2180

L15

W95

~40

1.0

61

Steven D Greanias

2155

L16

W96

~42

1.0

62

Kevin Y Cao

2151

H—

H—

~41

1.0

63

Kai Jie Edward Lee

2102

D21

D43

~44

1.0

64

Thomas M Ulrich

2086

D22

D36

~45

1.0

65

Joshua Colas

2083

D36

D49

~46

1.0

66

FM Tommy O He

1948

L44

W83

~43

1.0

67

Dan E Mayers

1912

L47

W84

~69

1.0

68

Vasanta Wettasinha

1827

B—

L17

~47

1.0

69

FM Gauri Shankar

2307

D77

L27

~67

0.5

70

Timur Aliyev

2258

L2

D74

~73

0.5

71

FM Victor Plotkin

2243

L5

D76

~75

0.5

72

Trevor S Magness

2163

H—

L20

~76

0.5

73

Okechukwu A Iwu

2161

D30

L21

~70

0.5

74

Daniel McGowan

2111

L33

D70

~78

0.5

75

Derek Ri Paitrick

2104

H—

L22

~71

0.5

76

Sarah Chiang

2033

L40

D71

~72

0.5

77

FM Awonder Liang

1890

D69

L24

~—

0.5

78

Jalen Wang

unr.

D49

L25

~74

0.5

79

IM Rahul Shetty

2242

F7

U—

~—

0.0

80

FM Ryan Harper

2237

F8

U—

~—

0.0

81

FM Dan Wolf

2228

F10

U—

~—

0.0

82

No Player

2211

F12

U—

~—

0.0

83

FM Michael Dougherty

2195

L13

L66

~90

0.0

84

FM Visweswaran Kameswaran

2190

L19

L67

~91

0.0

85

Nolan R Hendrickson

2141

L31

L37

~92

0.0

86

Sam A Schmakel

2127

L32

L29

~95

0.0

87

John Michael Williams

2111

L34

L50

~94

0.0

88

WGM Melissa Greeff

2084

L35

L52

~93

0.0

89

Mike Lucente

2046

L38

L51

~96

0.0

90

David Itkin

2041

L39

L53

~83

0.0

91

Kesav Viswanadha

2031

L41

L55

~84

0.0

92

Benedict A Smail

2030

L42

L54

~85

0.0

93

Jonathan Chiang

1934

L45

L57

~88

0.0

94

Peter Hess

1929

L46

L58

~87

0.0

95

Adream Liang

1851

L23

L60

~86

0.0

96

David R Cardenas

unr.

L48

L61

~89

0.0

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The Under 2300 to Under 1300 sections are 7 round Swiss tournaments having 4-day, 3-day and 2-day schedules to play in from May 25-28. The Under 1100 section is a 7 round Swiss tournament having 3-day and 2-day schedules to play in from May 26-28. The Under 900 section is a 7 round Swiss tournament that will be played over a 2-day schedule, May 27-28.

We are not a membership organization, but are affiliated with the US Chess Federation. Our events award USCF ratings and require USCF membership, available through us at special rates. We presently plan events in California, Connecticut, DC, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. If you're not ready to enter, please visit any of our tournaments; there is no fee for spectators!